Lower Grades
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| Integrated Language Arts
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Identification and use of words with multiple meanings and use of figurative language
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| Social Studies
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Understanding the concept of the “common good” and individual and collective action; understanding different ways that communities organize to provide needed services
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Mathematics
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Ability to apply math problem solving skills in everyday situations; estimation and computation skills
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Health and Safety
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Understanding of safely rules and precautions in the home and neighborhood
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Upper Grades
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| Integrated Language Arts |
Ability to use newspapers to find information, and ability to draw inferences and make predictions |
| Social Studies |
Understanding of how available resources and technologies shape how people live; understanding the colonial and pioneer settlement period of our history
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| Mathematics |
Ability to develop estimation strategies and apply estimation; skill in use of decimals in computations
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| Critical Thinking |
Ability to determine what is relevant to a given situation and to distinguish between the essential and the immaterial
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| Science |
Understanding the movement of the earth and heavenly bodies; understanding the strengths and limitations of common sense in scientific explanation
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